Person Detail: Bret Harte

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General Information:
Full Name: Bret Harte
Biography: (1836-1902) Short story writer. Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York. He worked in California as a miner, school teacher, express messenger, printer, and journalist. His story, "The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches" (1870), was published in the "Overland Monthly" and brought him instant and wide fame. He was thereafter requested to contribute poems and articles to a number of publications. His stories of the American west were much in demand in the eastern United States. In 1871 he moved to New York. He lived at 487 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village, and later at 16 5th Avenue and 713 Broadway in Manhattan, New York. He later moved to Boston.
Author's Timeline:
1836		Albany County Bret Harte was born Francis Brett Hart in Albany, New York, in 1836.
1902		(Unknown) County Bret Harte died in London, England in 1902.
1870		(Unknown) County The Luck Of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches Collection of short stories published in the "Overland Monthly" and brought him instant and wide fame.
1867		(Unknown) County The Lost Galleon Collection of poems.
1875		(Unknown) County Tales of the Argonauts Collection of short stories.
1871		New York County Harte moved to New York in 1871. He lived at 487 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village, and later at 16 5th Avenue and 713 Broadway in Manhattan, New York.
1869		(Unknown) County The Outcasts Of Poker Flat Short story.
1902		(Unknown) County Bret Harte is buried in Saint Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
1870		(Unknown) County The Heathen Chinee Poem.
1860		(Unknown) County The Work on Red Mountain Novelette.
1863		(Unknown) County M'Liss Story.
1865		(Unknown) County Outcroppings Collection of poetry.
1871		(Unknown) County East and West Poems
1873		(Unknown) County Mrs. Skagg's Husbands Collection of magazine writings.